Justice & Public Safety
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Responder MAX will focus on marketing, communications, recruitment and other areas. First Arriving, which has worked with some 1,300 agencies, will keep involved with its "real-time information platform." -
San Jose is the latest city whose use of the cameras to snag criminal suspects, critics say, also threatens privacy and potentially runs afoul of laws barring access by out-of-state and federal agencies.
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday.
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The report casts doubt on the usefulness of an early warning computer program that the LAPD has used since 2007 to track patterns of excessive force and other misconduct.
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It wasn't just computer modeling that helped PG&E restore service so quickly after the Bay Area earthquake, but also wireless SmartMeters, that automatically signaled the utility when their buildings lost power.
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Researchers keep warning about the need for an early warning system while the project remains under-funded.
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Gov. Robert Bentley looks to eliminate the haze around drone regulations, announcing Friday the appointment of an Alabama Drone Task Force to develop a plan for their use by state agencies.
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The organization's mission is to move civic hacking's focus toward building solutions and providing ongoing support so those solutions -- primarily in disaster response and recovery -- can succeed in the public sector.
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Five years after the city required property owners to update any unreinforced brick buildings, a handful of buildings still did not meet seismic codes.
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Governments team up to develop backup arrangements for tech services in the event of an emergency.
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Mayor Carlos Gimenez's strong words put Miami-Dade, one of the largest local governments in the country, on the forefront of a national debate over police cameras in the wake of the Ferguson shooting.
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Though police officials suggest drones would only be used to gain better intelligence in tense situations, critics argued it would not be long before drones were used to monitor public spaces, protests and citizens' backyards.
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Inspired by recent events in Ferguson, Mo., a family of teens releases an app to keep police accountable.
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The ICEBlueButton app allows EMS personnel and physicians to download an individual's critical health information in an emergency.
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By not digging through the numbers, police departments can create an appearance of transparency but miss an opportunity to learn about -- and potentially break -- patterns of racially biased policing.
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WIFIRE system will use sophisticated computer techniques to monitor and predict the spread of wildfire.
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The new system will provide real-time updates, data transfers, data exchanges and alerts to more than 50 agencies.
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Following the release of the officer's name they believed to have fatally shot teenager Michael Brown, one of Anonymous' Twitter accounts was taken down.
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Care Trak uses radio telemetry to locate someone wearing an ankle or wrist bracelet linked to the system.
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In the hours after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer, Anonymous urged residents to the streets.
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Computer upgrades at Limestone and Morgan county facilities are expected to improve response times and record-keeping.
